MUNSTER WON THREE OUT OF THE FOUR ALL IRELAND TEAM TITLES IN ARMAGH
The future of our bowling game looks healthy and well, having witnessed the wonderful turnout for the inaugural U14 & U12 Boy’s and Girl’s individual & team All Irelands at Madden, Armagh over the past weekend. 55 boy’s and girl’s took part in the team events, Munster took three out of the four titles, Ulster won the Boy’s U14 with a score of 2843mt from Munster in 2nd place a hundred meters hind at 2743mt, Munster won the girl’s U14 with a score of 2017mt with Ulster in 2nd place with 1958mt. Munster won the boy’s U12 with a score of 2179mt from Ulster in 2nd with a score of 2140mt and Munster also won the Girl’s U12 with a score of 1881mt from Ulster in 2nd with 1633mt. 

WEST CORK TEENAGERS BOWL TO U14 SUCESS IN ARMAGH
Four individual titles were also up for grabs, the inaugural Girl’s U12 and Girl’s U14 were played on Sunday morning, and first up we had Ciara Harrington from Bantry playing Eva Mallon from the Tullysaren Club. History was going to be made, as this was the first All-Ireland for U12 & U14 Girl’s, one of these girls was going to be the first U12 All-Ireland winner, both girls started well but Harrington lost huge ground when her second shot was too tight left at McArdle’s Wall. Both up past the shop to Sweeties in two more where Harrington had forty meters. After two more each up the school hill, Harrington got a big touch off the kerbing and had seventy meters of odds. She raised the bowl after two more to Barrett’s bend. Mallon got a super shot out Pipe’s Corner that knocked the bowl of odds by ten meters. Harrington had eighty meters after her next but Mallon was not giving up and lined another super bowl peeping sight at the Bus Shelter, Harrington made straight road and was throwing her odds over twenty meters. Harrington missed down to the Cottages and Mallon got an incredible shot down and around full sight that gave her a first lead by eight meters. Harrington got a super bowl to beat the line but Mallon lined her bowl well and got a touch off the right dyke to beat the tip by an agonising five meters to take her Grandfathers Cup “The Aidan Toal Cup” and join her mum Dervla (Senior Ladies Winner) and Sister Connie (U16 Winner) to take a third All-Ireland title to the Mallon house in the same year, truly a very unique achievement for an individual sport. 

NICOLA FIRST UNDER 14 ALL IRELAND WINNER
Back in the course we had the inaugural girl’s U14 final between Nicola Hurley from Drimoleague playing Lucey Lennon from the Tullysaren Club. After two shots each past the cottage’s Lennon had fifteen meters of odds. Hurley took her first lead with her third shot by one meter. Two more each out to the Bus Shelter and Lennon was back in front by seven meters as Hurley’s bowl was very left and her next was very left again and of the short order.  Lennon got a super bowl to Pipes bend that Hurley missed to fall a bowl of odds down. Hurley had it under the bowl at Barrett’s bend and a slip from Lennon with her ninth gave Hurley the chance she was waiting for, she lined the perfect tenth shot that Lennon only beat by ten meters, all to play for with four shots to go. Hurley followed up with another super bowl down past the School to full sight, Lennon followed this but missed the tip by twenty meters. Lennon got a great bowl past the shop and a blunder from Hurley when her bowl was way left and caught the shop wall and was hind bowl again. Hurley recovered well with a super thirteenth past the Church Yard entrance that Lennon beat by five meters. Hurley was extremely lucky with her next it was rasher tight at McArdle’s wall but she got away with it. Lennon missed this by ten meters and beat the line with her fifteenth shot, Hurley’s bowl fell right and rolled over the mark by five meters. 

ROCK STEALS VICTORY FROM CALLANAN
In the afternoon the Boy’s U12 between Charlie Callanan, from Farrenree and Phelim Rock from the Newton Club was played back our, Callanan got a great opening bowl to McArdle’s Wall but his second was unlucky to hop the kerb at the community entrance. After to more past the shop to Sweeties Callanan had ten meters as Rock hopped the kerbing. Up the school hill Callanan extended his odds to forty meters. Rock got a massive sixth shot past the school sign and Callanan’s bowl was always right and his odds was back to three meters. Both went out Barrett’s bend in another with Rock back in front by one foot. Not a great bowl from Callanan with his next and Rock went into Pipes corner a huge bowl that Callanan just beat to keep it under the bowl of odds. Rock missed sight for the Bus Shelter and Callanan made a good effort but just fell short of full sight. Rock came full sight with his tenth and Callanan only beat this by twenty meters, a mistake from Rock with his next before the Cottages. Callanan got a massive bowl down and around to the Cottages that Rock missed by ten meters his bowl veered off left, Rock got an incredible rub off the right dyke with his last shot that beat the finish line by thirty meters, Callanan was tight right and got no rub, unlucky a great U12 final. 

TWOHIG BRINGS HOME U14 TITLE
Last up we had the Boy’s U14, Fionán Twohig, Rossmore playing Daithi Cahill from the Tullysaren club.  Two each past the Cottages, Twohig had ten meters of odds. Cahill got a great next and Twohig very much off the sop to the right. Both out to the Bus Shelter in four each with Twohig back in front by twelve meters and on straighter road. Rock got a great bowl from a poor stand at the Bus shelter and Twohig lined a beauty to beat the tip by a hundred meters and followed up with another huge bowl to Barrett’s bend where he had a bowl of odds. Cahill got a super bowl past the school sign but Twohig lined another fantastic bowl that raised big odds with the bowl for him. Cahill’s tenth was unlucky to go in the weak patch of the kerbing. Twohig caught the kerbing perfectly and made the community entrance. Cahill made a great effort for McArdles Wall and a twist was to come as Twohig totally misplaced his eleventh into McArdle’s Yard and suddenly his odds was back to a bare bowl. Cahill’s twelfth was a phenomenal shot that cut up McArdle’s Wall and went and beat the finish line, Twohig’s eleventh went left and he had to throw a last shot for it, he played his bowl well but it fell right and beat the tip by ten meters.